Heavyweight was the heaviest category, including wrestlers weighing over 82.5 kilograms.

French officials protested, and the two wrestlers were ordered to wrestle for another 6 minutes.

Deglane was declared the victor, and Johansson was so disgusted with the result that he withdrew from the competition.

[4] After this round, the undefeated Deglane and Rosenqvist and the one-loss Badó were left.

Deglane and Rosenqvist advanced to the sixth round to face each other for gold, while Badó received the bronze.